Behold, the Angel! I have just assembled my BexGears Stratocaster-Style DIY Guitar, and I am pleased with both this excellent product and the seller’s swift and dedicated customer support.
This DIY kit provides a versatile platform for designing your own personalized guitar! The body is a lovely auburn-red okoume wood. The neck is already finished to a smooth sheen perfect for glissando. The pickguard is a canvas white that will suit any pigment you apply to body. The customizability of the kit is liberating.
The electronic components are all connected in the pickguard assembly. Because no soldering is required, this kit is optimal for beginners who want to learn about the workings of guitar without the stress of soldering wires. The instructions are concise and include color photos. The builder is only responsible for grounding one wire to the claw, and plugging another set of wires into the input jack. This entails only trivial challenge.
Despite the ease of assembly, I encountered difficulty with my electronic system which was damaged during shipping. I am grateful to the seller for working tirelessly to assist me, responding immediately to my emails, and shipping an entire replacement pickguard assembly via priority mail so I could complete my guitar. With the new electronic components installed, the instrument works flawlessly.
Though you can replace the hardware to meet your preference, you will likely be surprised by the quality of the stock pickups. This guitar is ideal for the toan kings amogus who relentlessly pursue that classic cowboy Strat quack that one would expect from the timeless works of the legendary Ennio Morricone.
This guitar kit has prodigious quality for its low price, however; there are some issues that hinder the product from perfection. There are no pilot holes to connect the claw to the back of the body, so you must carefully create these yourself during assembly. Certain nut slots are loose which produces a slight whistle on the open B and E strings. Some users may wish to upgrade to higher-quality hardware. The included strings do not have colored ball ends so a beginner may not know which order they are strung in. The instructions are not always clear on which screws to use during assembly. Patience and improvisation will help you through most of these issues, and these also happen to be the virtues of a good guitarist.
When you purchase this DIY guitar kit, you are not just endowing your musical career with a quality instrument that you can enjoy for your entire life; you are embarking on a journey to create a beautiful work of art that is an authentic expression of who you are. One look at the customer images on this page will testify that no one will build this kit in the same way as anyone else. Through this kit, you can achieve an intimate height of personalization that cannot be attained with store-bought instruments. I would happily buy another kit from this seller in the future; perhaps an SG Style next time!
BexGears DIY ST Style Electric Guitar Kits, Mahogany Body maple neck & composite ebony fingerboard
4.5 | 906 ratings
Price: 99.99
Last update: 11-15-2024
About this item
electric guitar kits . mahogany wood body
comes with unpolished okoume body, maple neck &composite ebony fingerboard
with black pickguard and all electronic parts
it is easy to build your own electric guitar.We have included instructions with the product to better assist you with this project. If your instructions is lost, please let us know and we will send it to you in PDF format.
comes with unpolished okoume body, maple neck &composite ebony fingerboard
with black pickguard and all electronic parts
it is easy to build your own electric guitar.We have included instructions with the product to better assist you with this project. If your instructions is lost, please let us know and we will send it to you in PDF format.
Product information
| Package Dimensions | 30 x 19 x 3 inches |
|---|---|
| Country of Origin | China |
| ASIN | B0CJ24BYKK |
| Item model number | YGK-ST-CA |
| Customer Reviews |
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars
906 ratings
4.5 out of 5 stars |
| Best Sellers Rank | #3,618 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments) #28 in Electric Guitar Beginner Kits |
| Date First Available | September 16, 2015 |
| Back Material | Mahogany Wood |
| Body Material | Mahogany |
| Color Name | Engraved surface |
| Fretboard Material | composite ebony fingerboard |
| Guitar Pickup Configuration | S-S-H |
| String Material | Stainless Steel |
| Top Material | Surface engraving |
| Neck Material Type | Maple |
| Number of Strings | 6 |
| Guitar Bridge System | Fixed |
Top reviews from the United States
Jeffery Meverden
Build Your Dream Guitar!
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2021
Jeffery Meverden
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2021
This DIY kit provides a versatile platform for designing your own personalized guitar! The body is a lovely auburn-red okoume wood. The neck is already finished to a smooth sheen perfect for glissando. The pickguard is a canvas white that will suit any pigment you apply to body. The customizability of the kit is liberating.
The electronic components are all connected in the pickguard assembly. Because no soldering is required, this kit is optimal for beginners who want to learn about the workings of guitar without the stress of soldering wires. The instructions are concise and include color photos. The builder is only responsible for grounding one wire to the claw, and plugging another set of wires into the input jack. This entails only trivial challenge.
Despite the ease of assembly, I encountered difficulty with my electronic system which was damaged during shipping. I am grateful to the seller for working tirelessly to assist me, responding immediately to my emails, and shipping an entire replacement pickguard assembly via priority mail so I could complete my guitar. With the new electronic components installed, the instrument works flawlessly.
Though you can replace the hardware to meet your preference, you will likely be surprised by the quality of the stock pickups. This guitar is ideal for the toan kings amogus who relentlessly pursue that classic cowboy Strat quack that one would expect from the timeless works of the legendary Ennio Morricone.
This guitar kit has prodigious quality for its low price, however; there are some issues that hinder the product from perfection. There are no pilot holes to connect the claw to the back of the body, so you must carefully create these yourself during assembly. Certain nut slots are loose which produces a slight whistle on the open B and E strings. Some users may wish to upgrade to higher-quality hardware. The included strings do not have colored ball ends so a beginner may not know which order they are strung in. The instructions are not always clear on which screws to use during assembly. Patience and improvisation will help you through most of these issues, and these also happen to be the virtues of a good guitarist.
When you purchase this DIY guitar kit, you are not just endowing your musical career with a quality instrument that you can enjoy for your entire life; you are embarking on a journey to create a beautiful work of art that is an authentic expression of who you are. One look at the customer images on this page will testify that no one will build this kit in the same way as anyone else. Through this kit, you can achieve an intimate height of personalization that cannot be attained with store-bought instruments. I would happily buy another kit from this seller in the future; perhaps an SG Style next time!
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Benjamin
Great kit, nice quality!
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2024
Benjamin
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2024
Also, it actually set up very easily and plays great! Pickups don't sound too bad either.
I own a few real Fenders and it's a nice quality, playable replica for sure.
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Vincent Lasfargues
Buy that kit to have fun and learn, not to save $$
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2023
Vincent Lasfargues
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2023
If you want to get the best bang for your bucks, get a Yamaha Pacifica. It is a wonderful instrument for the $$, and if you do not like it, you can resell it and get most of your money back.
However, if you want to have fun and learn, that kit is great. You will need tools, sandpaper, paint, wood sealant and wood stain, and some time and energy. The result will be OK, not great.
The following applies to the kit I have received:
All the screw holes are pre-drilled close enough (to me) to where they need to be
The neck and body fit is very loose with a very visible gap, so you will need your woodworker skills here
The neck required frets adjustments, a few were not installed deep enough
The frets were well trimmed, and no work was needed here like with cheap Rogue Electric guitars (paid my Rogue $69)
The neck was straight and not twisted, and the neck wood looks good and is smooth. It required a significant amount of fine sanding to remove the coat and get the wood stain to take.
The body was flawless, it did not require any other prep than a fine sanding before I started to paint.
Assembly is very easy, I did not need instructions, but they were provided, and there are good youtube videos on this topic.
The tuners are OK, they work and the guitar stays relatively well tuned in.
Installing the plate with the electronics was done without carving away more wood from the body, which was cleanly carved (they use a router and templates, the templates were not worn out)
One easy soldering was required
I did not use the provided string, I went direct with better quality light gauge electric guitar strings.
A whammy bar is provided, but the guitar does not keep its tuning so well if you use it ...
The switch works great, and I had to lightly adjust the height of the pickups.
I was able to set a low easy-to-play action without much buzzing. There are videos for that on youtube. Look for "GCH Guitar Academy", he is awesome. This action preparation and setup is the most important step, at least to me.
Did I have fun working on it? Yes!
Do I like the end result? Not really, because I have a better Yamaha Pacifica, so there is no urge feeling for me to grab this guitar.
It does a good job as a beginner guitar, and I will gift that guitar to a friend who wants to start playing. The action makes it very playable. The sound is not really recordable.
Can it be improved? Yes but, imho, it is not making any financial sense to do so.
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Tom T
Excellent quality - Great Value for a nice guitar
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2024
Tom T
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2024
Second, the quality of the body and neck (with all the detailed, fret works is excellent. There is no sharp fret ends as I usually found on low-end imported guitars. Neck is straight . The body was smoothly sanded. All I needed to do was to really fine and lightly sand to prepare for a light French polish. As for the first instrument I do not plan to spend lots of work on detailed polishing. Don't want any colors on it yet.
All the predrilled holes were done precisely.
I showed my finished guitar to a few friends and they have their immediate interest with their order.
Overall, I would give a 5 considering price, quality, workmanship with everything to make a guitar ready to play. I think a bargain and fun work.
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Nathan
Very surprisingly good
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2024